Statistics Norway

Child welfare

14 Cases investigated at the child welfare service, by the report's contents and who reported the case. 199702008
The case is reported by1 Investigation
cases started2
The report's contents
Inadequate
care/abuse
The conditions
at the home
The child's
behavioural problems
Other Unknown
1997 15 761 3 177 7 761 2 849 3 886  387
1998 16 047 2 999 8 311 3 082 3 754  151
1999 17 059 3 328 8 746 3 514 3 961 70
2000 17 545 3 305 9 152 3 557 3 906  107
2001 18 655 3 523 10 002 3 716 4 017 69
2002 19 201 4 017 10 545 3 493 3 856 20
2003 20 096 4 441 10 944 3 474 4 337 25
2004 21 335 4 778 11 612 3 767 4 322 11
2005 21 316 4 646 11 721 3 906 4 096 4
2006 23 459 5 446 12 845 4 210 4 381 8
2007 25 098 5 866 13 851 4 197 4 527 28
             
2008 27 850 6 512 15 732 4 595 4 914 18
             
The child  442  113  279 41 77 0
Mother/father/ superiors 4 896  469 3 055  989  990 1
Other family  907  307  588 65  107 0
Neigbours  679  229  464 53 51 0
Child welfare service 3 364  989 2 110  297  493 1
Social service  892  179  609 35  176 0
Emergency child protection center 1 850  538  953  284  312 1
Police 3 573  787 1 472  831  784 0
Kindergarten 1 023  367  562  164  113 0
Child health center/school health services 1 562  399  972  165  262 0
School 3 765  812 1 834 1 227  588 1
Educational/psychological service  296 37  213 89 39 0
Mental health care for children and youth/mental health care for adults 1 154  216  742  214  201 1
Physician/hospital 1 328  356  775 99  253 1
Asylum centre/ Norwegian Directorate of Immigration/immigration authorities  296 54  103 29  146 0
Women`s refuge  138 61 68 6 14 0
Youth support team/youth centre 75 29 23 32 6 0
Voluntary organisations/sports clubs 56 13 34 11 4 1
Other public body 1 006  245  618 95  195 0
Others 2 063  655 1 252  153  322 0
Unknown 20 3 8 1 0 11
1  The case may be reported by several parts. Hence, the sum total of who reported the case is larger than reports total.
2  The child are counted once for each municipality where investigation has started.

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